title: Introducing a new series: Giants in chest medicine.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA. Electronic address: Richard.Irwin@umassmemorial.org.
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Irwin
authors.affiliation: The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: D Kyle
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Hogarth
authors.affiliation: National Heart & Lung Institute, London, England.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Barnes
mesh_terms: D008511:Medicine; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing; D013896:Thoracic Diseases